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In game 1, he advanced Brock to third base twice, putting him in position to score both runs in a 2-1 victory in game 3, he drove Brock in with the first run of a 5-2 win.

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In the 1967 World Series against the Boston Red Sox he hit a woeful. 335 average (though his other batting totals fell off from previous years), helping the Cardinals to another championship. In 1967 he had his highest batting mark with a. He made the All-Star team again in 1966, a season in which he did not commit a single error in the outfield his record errorless streaks of 226 games (NL record) and 568 total chances (major league record) ran from September 3, 1965, to June 4, 1967. In 1965 Flood had his greatest power output with 11 home runs and 83 runs batted in while hitting. 200 but scored in three of the Cardinal victories as the team won in seven games for its first championship since 1946. Batting leadoff in the 1964 World Series against the New York Yankees, he hit only. His 679 at bats led the NL again and were the fifth highest total in league history to that point, setting a team record by surpassing Taylor Douthit's 1930 total of 664 Lou Brock broke the team record three years later with 689. He earned his first All-Star selection in 1964 while leading the NL in hits and batting.

In that year he received the first of his seven consecutive Gold Gloves. 302 and scoring a career-high 112 runs, third most in the NL he also had career bests in doubles (34), triples (9) and stolen bases (17) and collected 200 hits in an NL-leading 662 at bats. He continued to improve offensively in 1963, hitting. He had his breakthrough year after Johnny Keane took over as manager in 1961: He batted. Louis although he struggled at the plate from 1958 to 1960, his defensive skill was apparent. For the next twelve seasons, he became a fixture in center field for St. Flood signed with the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1956 and made a handful of appearances for the team in 1956-57 before being traded to the Cardinals in December 1957.

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Although his legal challenge was unsuccessful, it brought about additional solidarity among players as they fought against baseball's reserve clause and sought free agency.īorn in Houston, Texas, and raised in Oakland, California, Flood played in the same outfield in West Oakland's McClymonds High School as Vada Pinson and Frank Robinson. He retired with the third most games in center field (1683) in NL history, trailing only Willie Mays and Richie Ashburn.įlood became one of the pivotal figures in the sport's labor history when he refused to accept a trade following the 1969 season, ultimately appealing his case to the U.S. 300 six times and led the NL in hits (211) in 1964.

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A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons from 1963 to 1969. 7× Gold Glove Award winner (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)Ĭurtis Charles Flood (Janu– January 20, 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St.September 9, 1956 for the Cincinnati RedlegsĪpril 25, 1971 for the Washington Senators